SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Hockey moms and wives are known to wince or look away when their sons or
husbands drop their gloves and fight.

And then there are the Dorsetts of Kindersley, Saskatchewan.

On Saturday, when Derek Dorsett made his NHL debut in the Blue Jackets' 3-1 loss in Phoenix,
parents Dean and Donna Dorsett were in the Jobing.com Arena crowd, along with Dorsett's
grandmother, Rose Niles.

Dorsett played 9 minutes, 36 seconds, and ended up in his share of scrums. The two times he came
close to fighting, NHL referees stepped in.

Not that Dorsett was worried what the ladies in his life might think.

"My mom and my grandma, they don't close their eyes or anything when I'm fighting, no," Dorsett
said. "Nobody believes it, but they (bob and weave) and they're both throwing punches, like they're
going through the fight with me.

"It doesn't bother them at all."

The message: Don't mess with Rose Niles.

"Yeah, she's great," Dorsett said. "I think it's just kind of the area I grew up in, the way
guys play the game. They're used to it."

Playing mostly on a line with left winger Alexandre Picard and Andrew Murray, Dorsett didn't
look as nervous as he said he felt.

"He was a very good player for us," Hitchcock said. "Derek is never going to be intimidated or
overwhelmed."

Dorsett, who went into the lineup Saturday after center Michael Peca was suspended by the NHL,
is expected to see action again Tuesday when the Blue Jackets play at San Jose.

Peca update

Peca's hearing at the NHL offices in New York likely will take place on Wednesday or Thursday.
The Blue Jackets will get a firm date today.

NHL referees Greg Kimmerly and Mike Hasenfratz contend that Peca inadvertently struck a linesman
with his stick on the follow-through after he slammed it against the boards on his way to the
penalty box during the second period of Friday's 5-4 overtime win over Dallas.

Peca, a 12-year NHL veteran, has vehemently denied that his stick hit the linesman.

Under rule 41.3, Peca will be suspended a minimum of 10 games unless his appeal is successful.
Tuesday's game in San Jose will be the second game he misses.

He would be the first player since Tampa Bay's Andre Roy (13 games) in April 2002 to be
suspended 10 games or more for abuse of officials.

Novotny OK

Center Jiri Novotny absorbed a brutal elbow-first hit from Phoenix's Shane Doan late in
Saturday's game, his head slamming against the boards before he fell to the ice.

When Novotny tried to stand up, he fell face-first on the ice.

"My legs weren't there," Novotny said. "My head was OK, but my legs were just weak."

Novotny was said to be feeling better yesterday.

With Peca suspended and Manny Malhotra (lower body) out, the Blue Jackets can ill afford to lose
another center.